Cardiff City 1-2 Luton Town: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 30 August 2022

Result

Cardiff City 1-2 Luton Town

Championship · Tuesday 30 August 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Cardiff City 1-2 Luton Town: match report

Cardiff City lost to Luton Town 1-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 30 August 2022. The half-time score was 0-0.

Luke Freeman opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Cardiff City's goal came from R. Sawyers (85'). Luton Town scored through Luke Freeman (47') and Gabriel Osho (62').

Discipline: Cardiff City received no yellow cards; Luton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cardiff City were 14th on 8 points from 6 and Luton Town 19th on 6 points from 6. Cardiff City went on to finish that season 22nd with 49 points, and Luton Town 3rd with 84.

Cardiff City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Luton Town in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Bree of Luton Town (7.8), ahead of Tom Lockyer (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Cardiff City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Luton Town.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Luke FreemanLuton Town
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Elijah AdebayoLuton Town
  • 47'Goal · Luke FreemanLuton Town · 0-1
  • 62'Goal · Gabriel OshoLuton Town · 0-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Gabriel OshoLuton Town
  • 85'Goal · R. SawyersCardiff City · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cardiff City 6, draws 2, Luton Town 2.

Team news

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Cardiff City line-up (4-3-3)

Ryan Allsop, Mahlon Romeo, Perry Ng, Cédric Kipré, Niels Nkounkou, Joe Ralls, Ryan Wintle, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Sheyi Ojo, Max Watters, Mark Harris

Luton Town line-up (3-5-2)

Ethan Horvath, Reece Burke, Tom Lockyer, Daniel Potts, James Bree, Luke Freeman, Jordan Clark, Amari'i Bell, Allan Campbell, Elijah Adebayo, Carlton Morris